Re: How can we shorten the quoting of a post we reply to?

I like the idea, though not that format you suggested.

Why not just something like quote with a node parameter?

<quote node='673567'>
What we need:
<OL>
<LI> we need to attribute the original quote
<LI> we need something short to type
<LI> we need a "reply, including quote" button which includes the quot
+e and attributes it well, perhaps even linking back to it.
</OL>
</quote>
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Then the rendering code can generate the user name, date of original post, links to author and referenced node, etc.

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Re^2: How can we shorten the quoting of a post we reply to? by jhourcle (Prior) on Mar 12, 2008 at 16:32 UTC
I'm not sure what the best way is to actually input the reference, but if we want the semantic meaning to be understandable for the next generation of parsers, it should be rendered as the attribute 'cite' with a URI to the quoted material. See http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/struct/text.html#h-9.2.2.	[reply]
Re^3: How can we shorten the quoting of a post we reply to? by eric256 (Parson) on Mar 12, 2008 at 22:27 UTC
That is a question of what we use to mark it up (i.e. quote like code) versus what is generated (pre or blockquote) to then be rendered by the browser. So the HTML generated by perlmonks could (and possibly should) generate the cite attribute when generating the output. ___________ Eric Hodges	[reply]